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I have sent for you that I may have some con­
versation upon business to which I direct your
serious attention. You have been with me some
16 years and according to your own request should
remain with me 2 years longer, but I must tell you
very candidly that if we are to go on together to the end
you must turn over an entirely new leaf.
When at the close of my Princess's management
I had advanced you to the position I had in ten
-ded for Mr Ryder as the person who had so long
played all the second parts to me, -I did so because
Mr Ryder not-knowing the advantages that were open
to him & thinking he had no more to gain through
me became rude & rebellious during my last season
& commenced a system in conjunction with another
actor of low trickery and got-up demonstrations in
his own favor to the detriment of the general play.
My thoughts then turned to you as a young man in
whose welfare I took an interest and in whom
I thought I cOuld place confidence. I did not
engage you as an efficient actor in the characters
you would have to undertake but as a comfort & security under the belief
that with care & trouble I might mould you till you reached yOur present position­
During the first few years you conducted yourself
to my satisfaction & made yourself worth the trouble I

I have sent for you that I may have some con­
versation upon business to which I direct your
serious attention. You have been with me some
16 years and according to your own request should
remain with me 2 years longer, but I must tell you
very candidly that if we are to go on together to the end
you must turn over an entirely new leaf.
When at the close of my Princess's management
I had advanced you to the position I had in ten
-ded for Mr Ryder as the person who had so long
played all the second parts to me, -I did so because
Mr Ryder not-knowing the advantages that were open
to him & thinking he had no more to gain through
me became rude & rebellious during my last season
& commenced a system in conjunction with another
actor of low trickery and got-up demonstrations in
his own favor to the detriment of the general play.
My thoughts then turned to you as a young man in
whose welfare I took an interest and in whom
I thought I cOuld place confidence. I did not
engage you as an efficient actor in the characters
you would have to undertake but as a comfort & security under the belief
that with care & trouble I might mould you till you reached yOur present position­
During the first few years you conducted yourself
to my satisfaction & made yourself worth the trouble I